Members twotimingpete Posted February 25, 2009 Members Share Posted February 25, 2009 I've put duncan humbuckers on some of my past axes and have been happy. right now I want to upgrade the stock p90 soapbars on my michael kelly. they do the job, but I am looking for a bit more tastiness in the tonal response, and I'm thinking new pickups could help. I'd ready to do the routine thing and grab a duncan sp90, either the vintage or the hot wind (very curious about that one), but in these troubled times the price point of GFS is looking very attractive, and although they only offer one model in soapbar, I'm thinking about giving it a shot. anyone have experience with similar pickups of the two brands? I know some amount of the duncan price is a brand premium, but how much of it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ktrip Posted February 25, 2009 Members Share Posted February 25, 2009 I'm wondering this as well. My tele needs new pups to replace the no-name chinese pups it has now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meowy Posted February 25, 2009 Members Share Posted February 25, 2009 They are in a different class. Having said that P90s are one of the best GFS pickups, you won't be disappointed for the $30 or whatever they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scolfax Posted February 25, 2009 Members Share Posted February 25, 2009 Slightly off-topic - does anyone remember that post last month by a GFS-hater where he said he was going to make completely objective comparisons with GFS vs other brand-names and put them on a website? What happened to that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twotimingpete Posted February 25, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 25, 2009 well, if the duncan p90s are in a different class, that's where I need to go. but the qualifier of saying the GFS p90s are particularly good -- I guess I'm still a bit confused. has anyone compared? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meowy Posted February 25, 2009 Members Share Posted February 25, 2009 well, if the duncan p90s are in a different class, that's where I need to go. but the qualifier of saying the GFS p90s are particularly good -- I guess I'm still a bit confused. has anyone compared? Put it this way, the Duncans are 2x + the cost of the GFS. I can't quantify how much better a Duncan is but you are not going to find a better P90 for the money unless you pay top dollar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChihliDog Posted February 25, 2009 Members Share Posted February 25, 2009 I love the GFS fat PAFs in my Xaviere. Absolutely love them. My metal jam and the one hour challenge were recorded with it. All 3 tunes on my soundclick were recorded with it: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=759189 but of course they dont really show the range of sounds it is capable of. They're hot, but clear. Nice and full, big bottom end, nice growl, but dont get muddy at high gain. Tapped, they give a GREAT clean sound, still bassy but still nice and crisp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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